The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-12-01

pews cushioned. The mural decoration |
is the work Of our own artist, Charlie |
Slusser, and is his first attempt in fres.
Going. He designed and cut the pat
terms unaided, and the work is surely a
credit even to the more pretentions
fresco artists. When Charlie spreads
himself there are very few "knights of
the brush and paint can" that can edo
him." and if you want proof of his
ability 60 around and see his first at
temptat frescoing at the::Baptist Church.
t t
The French evening at the Institute
on the evening of the 23d inst. was a
highly enjoyable affair. The first part
Of the programme was the presentation
of lie Testament de Madame Patural,"
and the dramatic personae were as fol.
lows:
Madame Robin, Executrix. ....... Miss Ferris
Madame La Marquise de Rocencoif. Miss Muse
Madame dc Lor1eux.. x..............M miss waiter
Jesnneton. .....................M MIS- Ieiialr
Gertrude. Observation-Disclosures. Miss Kicks
The ladies' seemed to be perfectly fa-
miliar with the "polite language" and
rendered their several parts with perfect
ease and fuency. However, owing to
his neglected French the NJ. A. T. is un-
able to state positively whether the other
fellow finally got the girl or the old folks
relented, and amidst sobs and cries
George returns from the regular army a
hero and lieutenant covered with glory
and epaulettes, now worthy of the hand
of the fair Cinderella. Or it might have
been that the duke gave the whole thing
away on the wedding day, and when she
found out he was only "tonsorial ar
tist" she turned her back on him in
scorn and threw herself in her doting
mothers arms and sobbed violently, and
was finally happy and content with Har-
ry, her bonny lover. Of course being
little ''rusty" in ones French has ten
dency to detract little from the inter-
est of French entertainment, but it was
a pleasure to see the grace and ease of
the players if you didn't know whether
they were playing high tragedy or low
comedy.
The last number was the wooing of
King Henry the Fifth, and was given in
United States, with the following cast !:
King Henry Y:.................M Miss Williams
Katherine OF France ce............. Miss Elliott
Maid, Lady Alice. e............ ....Miss rogers
Harry of England was pressing his suit
for the hand of Katie of France, and
owing to Katie's being $50 shy" and
Harry's bad French, the courtship was
a little laborious, but matters were finally
satisfactorily adjusted just as natural as
life.
"Guess you don't know me" said a
genial fat-faced individual to me the
other evening over at the Hot'e de Par
ker. "Don't you remember I met you
in the northern part of the State about
three years ago ?" he continued.
After thinking recalled the drummer
who sold lubricating and machinery oil
and the day we spent together at Ra.
VIENNA. Reckoning him to seat we sat
down and began converting.
ut seems you have good memory ?"
. said I.
eyes, for remembering faces, never
forget a face if once get it fixed in my
mind. Would have recognized you az
readily in California in ten years from
now as soon as I did this evening""
Chow long have you been on the
road ?"
"About ten years and will continue
the remainder of my life. Am not fl
for anything else. Five years on the
road will unfit any man for anything
else. I wish had never started, but a
it is now I can't stop. I can't be con
tented any place over a day. I would
rather get up at midnight and take 9
train than eat. There is "a peculiar fasci
nation about the road that when once il
gets hold of you its grasp is unrelent
!. ing"
"How do you find trade here?"
! "Never left Hillsboro without secur
ing an order in my life. I sell to the
foundry, Boyd's, the woolen factory and
sometimes to your other mills here. IT.
!. been q good town for my business, and
I when come here I always get good
! order or two"
/. "What do you think of our town."
Well it is q town that you won't fine
. the duplicate of anywhere else. TT
: unlike most other Ohio towns and ha,
characteristics ! seldom meet with else
: where. Do you know that it remind
. me in many respects of Southern
!. town? The formal conservatism, th'
], stress laid on family, the pseudo-aristo
!. cracy, the chasm between labor ant
o capital, the attitude of society toward
Q the laboring man and the capitalist, th'
Q basis Of so-called good society and ever
;. many expressions in vogue among you
Q people you never hear in other northerl
8 towns al remind me very much Of "Ol'
! Kentuck" or "Verginny." 1t seems Il
i me the Southern idea Of calling ever.
. other man General" or Colonel ha
a haeu somAvhat infectioua hare ALA